Embedding Carnival in the Curriculum
FLAGSHIP SCHOOLS CASE STUDY:
Foxdell School Year 4
Literacy Week 3
Literacy Planning
Date
Word
level/sentence
level starter
Genre: Poetry
Year: 4
Main objective and
teaching
To read and understand a
given text
Lesson 1
VCOP
Read the carnival poems and
discuss. How do they make
you feel? Which one do you
prefer and why? Encourage
children to back their reasons
by taking examples from the
poem.
Week Beg: 30.04.12
Activity
Children to write about their
likes and dislikes about the
poem. Children to pull out
examples from the poem to
back up their reasons.
Differentiation
MA – independent.
Children to give reasons
and back them up by
examples from text.
M – CT support. Pupils
to discuss in pairs which
poem they prefer and
why. Children to write
about their preferred
poem in books.
LA – TA support.
TA to read though both
poems again. Discuss to
ensure children
understand.
Children to work in
pairs to discuss which
poem they prefer.
Children to write about
the poem they prefer
giving simple reasons
for their choice.
Teacher:
EAL
Key Vocab
Function
poems
Explain
verses
rhyme
alliteration
repetitive
language
describing
Structure
I like the
poem
because…..
Plenary
Selected children to
share
their
work.
Discuss as a class.
Cross
Curr
Evaluation
VCOP
To understand and use
alliteration.
Recap on alliteration.
Read alliteration poems.
Discuss poems to establish
literal understanding.
Encourage children to come
out and underline alliteration
in the poems.
In pairs children to look at a
picture of a carnival. Chidren
to discuss the picture and
think of alliterated sentences
about various aspects in the
picture.
e.g. super, sparkly, sequenced
costumes
Show children a picture of a
carnival on smart board and
explain that they will be
thinking to alliterated
sentences about aspects of the
picture.
MA – to work
independently
M – Paired work and
CT support. To write
them on a white bard
and copy into bboks.
Function
Identify
Explain
Structure
verses
rhyme
alliteration
repetitive
language
describing
Children to think of
alliterated sentences to
describe each other.
Alliteration
is when…
LA – Group work, as a
group write down some
Alliterated sentences.
TA support
Lesson 2
What can we see in the
picture? Children to come out
and highlight areas on picture.
VCOP
Lesson 3
poems
Teacher to model.
To explore poems through
role play.
Read ‘In a Box’. What is it
about? Discuss.
Explain task – They will
perform the poem in groups.
How can we make our
performance interesting,
lively? (sound effects, props,
actions etc)
Discuss and display a success
criteria.
In mixed ability pairs children to
practice performing the poem.
poems
Function
evaluate
Structure
it was a good
performance
because…
verses
rhyme
alliteration
repetitive
language
describing
performance
expression
props
sound effects
Children to perform
poem.
Evaluate as a class.
VCOP
poems
To write a poem
MA - independent work
In this box
Recap on the features of
poetry.
Share LO.
Explain that they will be
writing their own in the box
poem.
Re read the poem and discuss.
Highlight the descriptive
vocabulary used.
Children to plan what they will
put in the box and think of some
descriptive vocabulary.
Children to write their poem.
Function
describe
M – CT support
LA – Children to aim to
put five things in the
box and think of
descriptive words to
describe them
verses
rhyme
alliteration
repetitive
language
describing
Selected children to
read
out
poems.
Evaluate against the
success criteria.
Structure
The swishing
of a …..
TA support
Lesson 4
What might they want to put
in the box? Discuss ideas.
VCOP
Teacher to model what she
would put in her box.
Emphasise the use of
descriptive vocabulary.
Big Writing
To write a diary entry
Share/celebrate work from
last week.
Children to write a diary entry
TA to support LA in
small group.
Function
sequence
describe
Lesson 5
Structure
Share LO for this week.
Teacher explain task and
model how to write a diary
entry.
Discuss a success criteria and
display on the board.
First….
afterwhile…
sequence
first person
describe
diary
recount
Children to evaluate
their work against the
success criteria.